Lively Biz for Online Entrepreneurs with Alicia Forest

If you're anything like me, you start looking forward to summer as soon as the calendar flips to a new year. Take advantage of summer's slower pace and people's more casual attitudes and plan to not only take time off but to make some money while you do!

One of the most effective ways of getting people to discover and try your products or services is by offering a Free Taste - which is just that, a taste of what it is that you offer.

At least once a week, a client will ask me what they should charge for an offer they're making. And as much as we both like to think that I have the magic number for them, I don't. At least not until we do some groundwork first.

Since this is such a common stuck point for so many entrepreneurs, I wanted to share with you four basic steps that will help you charge what you're worth and get it.

If you're adding multiple streams to your service-based business model, where you're moving away from 1:1 services to adding more ways of generating revenue, here are 8 easy ways to accelerate your timeline to success and cash flow.

Reading Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh's "Delivering Happiness" book was like reading a novel and a business book at the same time. It was so engaging that I read the entire 250+ page paperback in one sitting.

Here are my favorite snippets from the book - enjoy!

Even though I've had a 6-figure business for a few years now, it still amazes me how easy it was to create and how it's been even easier to grow.

And it's why I'm so passionate about helping other women entrepreneurs create their own 6-figure businesses. Most heartwarming to me is showing them how to break through to that seemingly elusive $100k mark for the first time, by taking them from the beginning stages of building their business all the way to creating $8-10k a month.

Are you frustrated by a business model that's not working?

If your answer is yes, you're not alone. One of the biggest frustrations I've seen lately is that many of you are trying to fit a square peg into a round hole with your business model, so you're getting nowhere fast and getting frustrated enough to want to call it quits.

But I don't want you to do that!

A question I often ask my target market is, "what's your biggest challenge with building your business online?" And one answer I get frequently is this: "How do I make my website earn money?"

If you've got a business online, then you must have some sort of web presence. Perhaps it's a one-page 'sign up for my list' kind of site, or a full-blown brochure site with a menu of choices, or maybe your site is in the form of a blog. Regardless of what kind of site (or sites) you have, if they're not doing what you want them to - and since we're in business, ultimately that means making some sort of a profit - then it's time to make some changes.

"Do I always have to come up with something new?"

This is a question I get asked often by my private clients, and the answer is a resounding YES, if you want to continue to grow your business.

Besides boring your target market after awhile, you'd get bored, too, so yes, you want to breathe some life into your business by consistently coming up with new offers.

Hosting content-rich teleseminars for my target market is some of the quickest and easiest money I've generated in my business. Want to know how? Just listen to this audio!